A Stranger Would Think That The People

All The Public Business In Congress Now Connects Itself With Intrigues, And There Is Great Danger That The Whole Government Will Degenerate Into A Struggle Of Cabals.

To A Man Of Liberal Education, The Study Of History Is Not Only Useful, And Important, But Altogether Indispensable, And With Regard To The History Contained In The Bible ...it Is Not So Much Praiseworthy To Be Acquainted With As It Is Shameful To Be Ignorant Of It.

The Highest Glory Of The American Revolution Was This: It Connected In One Indissoluble Bond The Principles Of Civil Government With The Principles Of Christianity.

It Is By A Thorough Knowledge Of The Whole Subject That [people] Are Enabled To Judge Correctly Of The Past And To Give A Proper Direction To The Future.

Nip The Shoots Of Arbitrary Power In The Bud, Is The Only Maxim Which Can Ever Preserve The Liberties Of Any People.